The national security adviser, upset by Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recent speech, told CNN that it’s better for military advice to come up through the chain of
“„“General McChrystal was simply speaking to the situation on the ground as he sees it and how he would execute the president’s current strategy — the mission he has been assigned,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive internal matter. “He was not pushing his views or in any way trying to influence policy.”